This blog is about old postcards, book illustration and all kinds of paper whimsy from the Soviet Union. I'm a long time collector, and this blog is 7 years old. I have an etsy shop for cards, books, pins and vintage finds from Russia.
Vyacheslav Kotyonochkin - the man who created Nu Pogodi and many other cartoons.
Soviet cartoons. Thumbelina, dir. Leonid Amalrik (1964)
“There Was a Dog”, Soviet cartoon (1982)
I (finally) listed both Soviet Animation Artists books! I have two of these, one with the original dust jacket that folds out into poster, and the other without.
These books cover Soviet cartoons from 1925 to mid-70s. They include all of our favourites (Hedgehog in the Fog, Cheburashka, Winnie the Pooh, Nu Pogodi) and many, many more.
They’re listed in my Etsy shop: |
The Mystery of the Third Planet is too good and makes too much sense to make it into #WeirdSovietCartoons; but believe me, a lot of weird stuff goes on during this 50 minute animation.
Screenplay by Kir Bulychov, directed by Roman Kachanov, score by Alexander Zatsepin (USSR, 1981)
Watch with English subtitles:
Here’s yesterday’s secret cartoon! “Winter in Prostokvashino” (1984), a Russian holiday classic. Here with English subtitles, enjoy ❤
Ded Moroz’ Song (from Ded Moroz and Summer, a 1969 cartoon)
Little Tiger On the Sunflower (1981)
I’ll just post it again because it’s magnificent!
I had to make it really tiny otherwise it didn’t work on tumblr. :\
For #WeirdSovietCartoons. This gem is called FRU-89. Fru is short for frustration, and this here is a 4 minute long full blast frustration. I mean. I don’t even know. Watch it and we’ll never talk about it again.
Dir. Ivan Maksimov, 1989
